Improvement in toy arrow-dischargers



UNITED STATES PATENT Cir-"TICEI WESLEY W. ALGEO, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO LUOIUS J. RICHARDS, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY ARROW-DISCHARGERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,891, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed April 15,1876.

.To all 'whom tmay concern y Be it known that I, WESLEY W. ALGEO, ofPhiladelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Target- Arrow Dischargers5 and I do h'ereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the construction and operation of thesame,-reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspeci- Atication, and to the letters and ligures of refwhich block isalso provided with an elastic` string, secured at each end to the saidblock, which, by its recoil. will discharge an arrow or rod inserted inthe perforation, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A des ignates apreferably ellipticalwooden block,

having a perforation, a, extending through it in its long axis. Thisperforation, or bore,7 as it might be better called, terminates at eachend in. a flaring or funnel-shaped recess, b, the object ot' which willhereinafter appear. As shown in Fig. l, the arrow-block A is providedwith a handle, B, at righ-t `angles to its length, by means of which itmay be held with the bore a, in a horizontal or inclined position,according to the direction or position of the target sought to be hit.

The arrow, J, which I use is a simple wooden rod, of somewhat lessdiameter than the bore, and preferably larger at one end than at theother. This rod is passed through bore a in block A, and its end notchedupon a string,

C, of india-rubber, sheathed in a Woven fabric 'to prevent its unduewear.

outside into and through perl'orations t', formed at each side of recessb, and opening into the saine. The ends are then knotted for the.purpose of preventing the string from being drawn out of the block. Theinner'ends of perforations t' being reamed out, the knots will bereceived into the recesses j thus made, and will be out of the way ofthe arrow, Whose flight will thus be uniinpeded thereby.

The arrow-block being ot' some length, the arrow will be adequatelyguided, and may be discharged with considerable accuracy'.

What I claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The block A, having an axial bore, a,

with funnel-shaped ends b, and the elastic discharging-string C,substantially as specitied. l

2. The toy herein described, consisting of an oblong arrow-block, A,having a bore, a, reanied out at each end, a handle, B, adischarging-string, C, and a rod or arrow, substantially as specified.

In testimony `that l claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

WESLEY W. ALGEC.

